hes a male, and i will confront them, its called THE ARK in nortwest ind there the only place that sells rays or exotic fish, i thought they were a good place and trustworthy but there not i guess, ya he was sold as a hystrix to me, and all the help i need ed with my moto, they really didn't give me the help all of u guys did all he told me to do was water changes and he would be ok, boy was he wrong if it wasn't for all ur guys help my moto would of been dead by now thanks to all again, ty west1 ya hes a good ray, i don't know if its a slow growth or not but when i got my moto he was smaller than the other one and the moto is way bigger than him so the moto has grown like 4 to 5 inches in like a yr 10 months, but they eat up to 3 times a day, but now iam offering different food than just worms and shrimp now so maybe that will help